Amelia Resources announced today that it has been retained as a
technical consultant to host a data room to market 47,300 net acres in
the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (“TMS”) play. The data room will open in
late January with bids due the first week of March.

Amelia's President, Kirk Barrell, said: "Recent well results in the TMS
are very encouraging and lead us to believe that this could be a very
significant play. Our technical experience, extensive database, and long
term relationships across the trend have allowed us to attract excellent
joint venture partners. We’re excited to have the opportunity to market
a large contiguous acreage block in the play. We believe that the
economics of the play will be positive and confirmed in 2013."

With twenty-three years of experience across the Tuscaloosa Trend, the
company has evaluated over 800 wells in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
across Louisiana and Mississippi. Utilizing a diverse dataset of well
logs, geochemistry, reprocessed two dimensional seismic, mudlogs,
bouguer gravity, and petrophysics, the company has identified
prospective "sweet spots" across the play.

Amelia’s client has secured geologically high-graded acreage in the
heart of the play. Barrell stated, "The rock properties, along with key
aspects of the hydrocarbon system, confirm that this substantial acreage
position will provide excellent frac results and economics. In addition,
we like the fact that the Austin Chalk provides a secondary target
across the position."

Amelia Resources LLC is a privately-held exploration and production
company. The company generates drilling prospects and is actively
engaged in several projects across the onshore Gulf Coast. Amelia was
founded in 2003 by Kirk Barrell and has offices in The Woodlands, Texas,
thirty miles north of Houston. The company leverages its 25 years of
geological and geophysical experience to obtain strategic positions in
drilling projects. Updates on the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale and Austin
Chalk projects are provided by the company at www.tuscaloosatrend.blogspot.com

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